In this case, you show case the fabric over the design. I like that. You are so good at what you do and have an obvious love of fabric. I used to sew at a theater costume shop, and made most of my clothes growing up. I miss the time to do that. I’ve made costumes and slip covers in recent years, but it has been awhile since I made my self ready to wear clothing.

I had a period of at least ten years when I didn’t sew a thing, so it was nice to get back into it eventually. Theatre costumes sound exciting – I’ve sewn for an entire dance school show once, but nothing fancy. Still, as I’m sure you know, it’s good to know you CAN turn your hand to anything if you need to, even if you diversify for a while.

Sheila, thanks for sharing that. When I do sew I realize how much I’ve missed it. Theater costumes were a lot of fun. Everything tends to be bigger than life. In addition to sewing, you learn how to distress fabrics to make them look aged or damaged. It was joyful work.

It’s a nice pattern to make up, so you’ll enjoy sewing it for your daughter, I reckon. I might have a go at the twist neck version, but I thought the cowl would be more flattering for my big bust. We’ll see.

Perhaps I shouldn’t have pointed the back seam out then – why do we do that, draw attention to the negative? I love the big design on this fabric, especially as you can’t see the lumps and bumps so easily:)

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